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Captured ship: Lyme Galley (master William Trenn, and Jean Baptiste Le Bonhomme as...

Catalogue reference: HCA 32/127/40

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This record is about the Captured ship: Lyme Galley (master William Trenn, and Jean Baptiste Le Bonhomme as... dating from 1745 in the series High Court of Admiralty: Prize Court: Prize Papers. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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Reference
HCA 32/127/40
Date
1745
Description

Captured ship: Lyme Galley (master William Trenn, and Jean Baptiste Le Bonhomme as prize master).

History: an English merchant ship (150 tons, 10 men), bound from Plymouth to South Carolina, laden with slaths (basket weavings); taken on 6/17 June 1745 20 leagues off Ushant by the French privateer Duke de Clermont; retaken on 8/19 June 1745 by the privateer Great Britain (William Wilson commanding), and brought into Plymouth.

Documents:-

Court Papers:

  • [CP 1-CP 4]: standing interrogatories, two examinations, commissioners' affidavit;
  • [CP 5]: claim;
  • [CP 6]: abstract and translation of the 2 ship's papers.

Ship's Papers numbered SP 1-SP 2.

[Decision: restored paying 1/5 salvage, 10 August 1745]

Note
Extra information from HCA 30/775/1 and HCA 30/775/4
Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
English and French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C14513346/

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HCA 32

High Court of Admiralty: Prize Court: Prize Papers

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